and construction of the full detector system, integrating ladders with mechanics, cabling, powering, cooling and controls; commissioning of the detector system in the assembly laboratory and finally in [...] GSI has a leading role in the development and construction of the high-performance Silicon Tracking System for the CBM experiment. We comprise of physicists, engineers and technical staff from GSI’s CBM and [...] STS group, May 2025, during a workshop entitled “From the ongoing module and ladder assembly to system integration and commissioning”, in the Taunus mountains north of Frankfurt, Germany